Vending machine



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Application June 13, 1938, Serial No. 213,513

-2 Claims.

My invention relates to vending machines and more particularly tonewspaper vending machines.

One' of the principal objects of my invention is to provide a newspapervending machine which is simple in construction, durable in use,efficient in operation and economical in manufacture.

Another object of my invention is to provide a above described.character equipped with means whereby a customer may easily discernwhether a newspaper or vother periodical is available in the machine forsale.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, appended claims and annexed drawings.

Referring to the drawings wherein like reference characters designatelike parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of my invention.

Figures 2 and 3 are sectional views taken on the lines 2 2 and 3 3 ofFigure l respectively.

Figures 4, 5 and 6 are detail sectional views taken on the lines 4 4, 55 and 6 6 of Figure 3 respectively;

Figure 7 is a detail perspective View of the magazine release member. f

Figure 8 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 5 8 of Figure l.

In practicing my invention I provide a housing 5 having an upper arcuatetop section E and front, rear and side walls '1, 8 and 9 respectively.The side walls are provided with bearings Il) in which are journaled theends of a rotatable shaft i E transversing the housing and to whichisxed and rotatable therewith a reel constituting a magazine I2 equippedwith sides I3 and i4 connected together by a plurality of radiallyextending partitions i5 coacting with the sides i3 Aand i4 to formaplurality of pockets iii.

Fixed to the shaft l between one of the bear'- ings lil and side Ii ofthe magazine is a drum i'i having connected thereto one end of a cablei3. The opposite end of the cable is connected to an elongatedcylindrical shaped weight i9 slidably mounted in a guideway or tube 2tiixed to the bottom of the housing as clearly illustrated in 1Figure l.The cable is normally wound about the drum il and the weight I9 servesto normally urge rotation of the magazine. The sides 3 and Hl arefashioned with a plurality of circumferentially extending spaced slots2i, a pair of said slots being oppositely disposed in the sides of thepocket i6 adjacent the outer periphery of the magazine.

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(Cl. S12-59) Extending through each pair of said oppositely disposedslots and transversing the magazine is a shaft `22 having rotatablymounted thereon a roller 23 for engagement with a newspaper or the likeas hereinafter setv forth.

The shaft 22 constitutes a connecting arm of a pair of springs 2li and25 secured to the sides i3 and i@ respectively adjacent each of thepockets .9.3 although it is to be understood that the same couldY beequipped with a shaft or roller without interferingwith the operation ofthe device. n

Mounted on the side i4 adjacent the outer edge thereof are a pluralityof spaced stopmembers 2 having inclined outer faces 28 for a purposehereinafter set forth. Each of said stopfmembers is arranged adjacentand exteriorly of a respective partition i5.

Secured to the front Wall l is a coin operated mechanism 29 comprising aguide 3i! extending within said housing adjacent the magazine and aslide 3i mounted within said guide and equipped with a finger piece 32and a coin opening 33. The slide 3i is also fashioned with a slot 34communicating with the opening 33 and terminating at the inner end ofthe slide.

Mounted on the upper face of the guide 30 inwardly'of the wall 'l is apair of spaced bearings 35 through which is journaled a spring actuatedshaft 36 having fixed thereon a dog 3l equipped with a subjacentlyextending coin engaging section 38. The guide 3l) is fashioned withacoin opening 3@ adapted to register with the opening 33 when the slideis actuated inwardly and when thus in registry the dog 3l serves toengage the coin and'discharge the same downwardly through the opening 39into a coin receptacle lil secured to the wall 1. Pivotally mounted onthe upper face of the guide 3% adjacent the rear end thereof isabellcrank lever li i the outer end of which is connected by means of aspring 2 to the wall l. The inner end of said bell crank lever isfashioned with a pin 43 operable within a slot it fashioned on one endof a magazine release arm t5. The

` opposite end of said release arm is pivoted to the` Wall 'i as at t6.The magazine release arm 45., intermediate the ends thereof, isfashioned with a laterally extending section adapted to engage one ofthe stop members 2l and prevent rotation of the magazine incounterclockwise direction. Said laterally extending section 41 ismaintained in the path of the members 21 through the medium of thespring 42 acting on the bell crank lever 4 I. The arm of the bell cranklever 4I connected to the spring 42 between the ends thereof is providedwith a downwardly extending coin engaging pin 48 extending into the slot34 in the path of a coin.

Thus, when a coin is positioned in the opening 33 and the slide movedinwardly towards the opening 39 the coin will engage the pin 48, actuatethe bell crank lever 4l which in turn causes the arm 45 to pivot awayfrom the engaging stop member 21 and permit rotation of the magazine. Asthe coin is discharged through the opening 39 through the action of thedog 31, the spring 42 causes the bell crank lever 4| to return to normalposition and reposition the extended section 41 of the arm 45 in thepath of the next st'op member 21.

Above the coin operated mechanism 29 the section 6 of the housing isfashioned with a transversely extending elongated opening 49 in registrywith one of the pockets I6, thus when a magazine is rotated asheretofore set' forth the distance of one pocket the customer may reachthrough the opening 49 and extract the newspaper or periodical from thepocket.

Located above the opening 49 is a window 50 in registry with the pocketto be moved downwardly in registry with the opening 49 by the actuationof the coin operated mechanism 29 'thereby permitting the customer toView the pocket to determine whether a newspaper or the like isavailable before insertion of a coin. The upper end of the rear wall isprovided with a door 5i whereby access is had to the interior of thehousing to load the pockets of the magazine.

When the magazine is being loaded the latter is rotated in clockwisedirection, the inclined faces of the members 21 serving to engage thelaterally extending sections 41 of the arms 45 to operate the bell cranklever and also to permit winding of the cable I8 about the drum l1. Thuswhen the pockets are loaded the device is set for vending operation asheretofore described.

What I claim is:

1. In a vending machine structure, a housing equipped with a dispensingopening in the front thereof, a magazine rotatably mounted in thehousing and provided with side walls, radially extending partitionsconnecting said walls together and coacting with the latter to form aplurality of radially disposed pockets adapted for selective registrywith said opening, said walls provided with arcuate shaped slotscommunicating with said pockets, shafts transversing said pockets andhaving ends extending through said slots, and springs mounted on theexterior side faces of said walls and having arms connected to the endsof said shafts for urging the latter towardsJ said partitions wherebyarticles carried in said pockets are maintained clamped therein againstsaid partitions by said shafts.

2. In a vending machine structure, a housing equipped with a dispensingopening in the front thereof, a cylindrical-shaped magazine rotatablymounted in the housing and provided with side walls, radially extendingpartitions connecting said Walls together and coacting with the latterto form a plurality of radially disposed pockets adapted forselectiveregistry with said opening, said walls provided with arcuate shapedslots adjacent the peripheries of said walls and communicating with saidpockets, shafts transversing said pockets and having ends extendingthrough said slots, rollers mounted on said shafts and rotatablerelative to t'he latter, and springs mounted on the exterior side facesof said walls and having arms integrally connected to the ends of saidshafts for urging the latter towards said partitions whereby articlescarried in said pockets are maintained clamped therein against saidpartitions by said rollers.

ALBERT W. THORESON.

